Garment-clasp.



W. KOPS.

GARNIENT CLASP.

APPLICATION 'FILED APR.23, X913.

l 1 5 5 ,O72 f Patented Sept. 28, 1915.

WALDEMAP. Kors," or NEW YORK, 1v. Y.

` aannam-CLASP.

e application'filedAp'nu23,1913.Y *seriaiNa 762,976.

To all whom t may concern: i

Be it known that I, WALDEMAR Kors, a citizen of the United States, -residing at the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Garment-Clasps, ofwhich the following is a specification. i

My present invention relates to a clasp "for securing together `the detachable parts ofa corset or other garment, and while particularly yadapted for this peculiar purpose, it will be understood that the invention isr not limited to the u'sein corsets, inasmuch as it maybe applied for securing together the detachable parts of-any garment. Y

Heretofore in manufacturing corsets, particularly those having depending' skirts on the corset body halves, it has been customary to employ a clasp which'is placed belowthe front steel to secure together the lower front portions of the corset skirts.

As commonly constructedfand applied,

these clasps have generally comprised a 'hook member and an eye member placed on the. inner surface adjacent to the edges of the skirt portions and' both parts" have been riveted to the garment. These clasps have necessarily extended an appreciable distance from the inner l surface of'the` garment, causing an undesirable pressure where j they come against the body'of the wearer, andr furthermore inasmuchas these f clasps have customarily been riveted tothe garment, theL f strain also centereddirectly at the points of connection. Furthermore, the? hook and eye .t members of these clasps as commonlyjemployed, easily become detached, and in, doing so, separate the parts ofqgthe garment in-f tended to be connected. g f

Now the object ofmy invention :is'the provision of a clasp, the membersof which are so formed and secured to a corsetv or other garment, that the parts thereof do not extend inwardly any appreciable distance from the garment, the parts taking upf substantially the same space fas the thickness of the garment and are secured thereto so as to distribute'the pull overan appreciablef'area.

Furthermore, the hookand eye members of my improved clasp are so formedthat when in position inuse iny a corset orrother from which the hook memberA is made.

garment, they cannot readily become disconnected, it being necessary to change the normal positionsrof the'connected edges of the garment in order to separate the hook specification of Lettersrafent. lPatented sept. es, i915.

and" eye members of the clasp, as will be hereinafter morev particularly set forth.` o In the drawing, Figure l is a partial elen vatlon ofthe lower portion'fof a corset to which mya improved clasp is attached. Fig. -2 1s a slmllar yView showing the reverse side of the clasp; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the hookmember of the clasp. Fig. l is a clasp. Fig. 5 is a plan of the stamped blank perspective view of the eye member of the rig.

6 is a vplan of the stamped blank from 'which the eye member is made, and Fig. 7 is a cross Vsection on line m, a2, dotted lines the positions into ywhich it is necessary to place the hook and eye members 1 r1n order to separate the same.

Referring to the drawing, myl improved clasppreferably comprises the hook member as illustrated in Fig. 3 and-the eye member as shown in Fig. 1l. The hook member is preferably made of metal and stamped up `from a blank lOYso as to be provided with f recessesll, reverse side members 12 and 13,

a central member 14 provided with ribs, and

an obverse memberV 17. Y

The corresponding or outer edges of the reverse members 12 and 13 are serrated as indicated at 16, and these members are` turnedV over on the dotted lines 18 so as to lie in positions substantially parallel to the obverse member17, the serrated edges beingturned to lie withinthe inturned edge of the an obverse member'17.

As clearly shown in' Fig. 3, the central `member `14: is also curved; or turned over on Fig. l, showing inv` Y itself so as' to'form the hook of the clasp.

The eyemember is similarly formed from a blank indicated at 19, this blank being cut on theflines 20 to provide reverse side members 21 and 22, anda central member 23 in which an aperture 24a is provided, making thisf`central`-member `the eye of the clasp. The corresponding edges of the reverse members21 and22 are serrated as indicated at 24 and these reverse members are turned over on the lines 26 to lie in positions sub.

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stantially parallel with the obverse member 25, the serrated edges 24 being inturned to lie Within the inturned edge of the member 25 riii the lsame manner as the corresponding' parts of the hool'niember, as hereinbefore described.

'in the use of the clasp as rial, which is placed between the obverse andreverse `sides thereof Vand the reverse sides l2 and 14 forced to position so that Athe serrated edges clamp the anchor between the same and the inturned redge of the obverse side 17. This anchor with the Vhoolr member ,bodyhalveswand inwhich skirt portions the tween the folds of fabric forming the pocket 278` which is a continuation of the pocket ,inVIA which the corset ksteel is placed,- suitable." openingsbeing provided inthe edge ofthe fabric fold. to pass the hook member 14C H through, and .it will be noted from Fig.7, that these openings through which the hook so attached, isthen placed and secured be.

is passed, arey forward kof theicentral,partV of the Iabric fold, and furthermore that the preciably greater thanl thevthickness lof the, fabric pai-tsV of thecorset to which itjisat-` tached.

clasp is secured toan anchor 29 of fabric orlz v outer surface of: ,thehookinember ,will con-t l tact withthe plateito which the eye membery winiilarly the Veye ymember of the otherlmaterial which` is placed betweenthe members thereof andthe obverse sides forced I to position so that theserrated edges there-` of clamp the anchor between thesesides andL the overturned edge of the obverse side 25. Tlieieye member with its -anchor is similarly placed within a pocket formed by the fabric folds 30 which are continuations of the folds forming the steel pocket on the other halfof the corset body, suitable openings being provided in the saine for passing through the eye member 23. This eye'member, it isto be noted, is curved so that whenthe parts are connected, lthe free orvforwardedge of the hook extends toward `the adjacent inner surface of the hook, by which,.consti'uction,k

when the p arts of the garment are brought together so as to relieve the tension Von the hook, the forward or free edge ofthe eye.V

member will contact with the edge .of the lcorset skirt to which the 'hook member `is secured, preventing the further movement of the corset skirts tow-ard one another `and also.

the separation of the parts of thev clasp, it".

being necessary in separating the parts of the clasp, to move the separable parts of lthe garment vto the positions indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 7.

lt will be understood' that the fabric` an-v chors to which the members of the clasp are f secured, are appreciably'extended and'fafter being placed in position, are sewed into the.

garineiitvsofthat the strain on the partsof. the` clasp will be distributed over anappre. t

hereinbefore de-y; scribed, the hook member is secured to suitable anchor 27 of fabric or other inateciable area instead of being restricted to the immediate points of connection as has heretofore been the case. t

f In Figs.' land 2" of the drawing I have illustrated my improved clasp as applied to an apparel corset. In these figures, 31 representsalportionaofjlone corset body half, and 32 a portion of ,the other corset body half-vv 33iand 34 are the pockets for the cor-Y set steelsin lthe respective corset body ""lialves, and 35 and 36 the yusual stud and socket .members forsecuring the halves of the corset together at the front thereof, and

37 and 38 represent theslrirt portions of thev corset attached respectively to thev corset` e the Alength` ofthis tongue member is substantiallyequal tothe diameter of the circle on which Ythe `l'iook member is formed, and that parts of the vclasp Vwhen connected in use and u v y consequentlyinq-the .relative shifting of the:S hook is so curved that its thickness is inapfA Y if movedr suificien-tly` jfar, ,the end of the f tongue of the eye.memberwillcontact with the plate; ofthe hook lmeriiberor the fabric Y to which thetsame is connected, andy the tion offthe -`hook .Aandhaving an opening,

.forming an eye `therein with which the said hook is adaptedxto;engage.`

2. yAAclasp,comprisinga plate, a hook bent.

to form an incomplete-circle and attached thereto, a second vplate and av curvedzt'ongue connected# thereto; substantially equal in fr t length to thediameter of the curved portionV of the hook and having anvopening rforming an eye.,thereinawithwhich the said hook Ais adapted-toengage,'and when the partsare engaged the end of the hookand the convexl `side of the'tongue lie on-th'esanie side of the lplates .totwhich thesaid. hook and tongue are attached.,y t, 3; A clasp comprising a plate, a hook'gbent to forman. incompletecircle and attached connected. theretopsubstantially equal in, length to thediaineter of the curved por thereto, a second/plate and a curved tongue.

connected thereto; and extendingk therefrom a distance; substantiallyequal to the di i afiiietenofthey circle inwhich the said hook is formediandv-havinggan opening formingk an eyeV substantially equal in length to' the radius fof the l circle .on ywhich, the said` hooky is formed so that when the parts of the claspV are associated and the outer surface of the hook engages the fabric to which the' eye plate is attached, the end of the tongue having the eye therein engages the fabric to Which the said hook plate is attached to prevent the separation of the parts except when moved to a positionV at a relatively large n angle to one another. y

Signed by me this 18th lday of April, 1913. '10` WALDEMAR KOPS. Witnesses BERTHA M. ALLEN, J. B. LE BLANC.

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